| 单词 | to lie along |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lie along to lie along 1. To be prostrate at full length, to lie outstretched on the ground (now archaic); to extend along a surface. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > lie down or recline [verb (intransitive)] leanc950 resteOE liec1000 to be laidc1175 layc1300 to lie along1530 recline1578 to horizontalize it1843 recumb1906 cwtch1921 the world > space > direction > specific directions > direct in specific directions [verb (transitive)] > extend along length of to lie along1734 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 601/1 I lye..as one lyeth alonge upon the grounde. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. i. 30 As he lay along Vnder an oake. View more context for this quotation 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. vi. 29 The usuall table gesture of the Iewes, was lying along. 1734 J. Ward Introd. Math. App. Gauging 455 To find what Quantity of Liquor is in any Cask, when its Axis is Parallel to the Horizon, viz. when it lies along. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews vi. i, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 156 Dagon..lay along, as having fallen down from the basis whereon he had stood. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 91 A cell so small, that he could neither stand erect, nor lie along in it. 1803 T. Beddoes Hygëia III. x. 21 Few persons, suddenly stimulated to anger as they were lying along, would continue to repose in the same easy manner. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano iii. vi. 129 Him who there lay dead along. 2. Nautical. Of a ship: To incline to one side under the pressure of a wind abeam. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > heel or list blencha1300 rolla1325 heelc1575 seela1618 list1626 stoop1663 careen1762 to lie along1769 to lay along1779 wrong1842 to roll down1856 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Along Lying along, the state of being pressed down sideways by a weight of sail in a fresh wind that crosses the ship's course. 1781 Lieut. Archer Let. 30 June in Naval Chron. (1804) 11 288 The Ship lay very much along, by the pressure of the wind. 1838 E. A. Poe Narr. A. G. Pym xiii, in Wks. (1865) IV. 109 The hulk lay more along than ever, so that we could not stand an instant without lashing ourselves. < as lemmas |
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